Neuralink's N1 implant uses ultra-thin electrodes, each one-fifth the width of a human hair, threaded into the brain's movement-planning region to let users control computers by thought. A patient and family member hope it will replace eye-gaze control and let them play video games together.
I hope this is a game changer for you and your family. I am so excited to get this in my head and stop using eye gaze. Sounds good.
This could really be a really big difference. I don't know if you guys play video games with your dad and otherwise have some good times, you know?
So this is the implant that we call N1 implant. It has these really flexible, thin wires, tiny wires that are called threads. Each of these are about 1/5 of a human hair, so you can actually even touch them if you want.
This is made possible by placing a small, cosmetically invisible implant in a part of your brain that plans movements. The device is designed to interpret your neural activity so you can operate a computer or a smartphone by simply thinking about moving.
